Winter Storm 2012 - JANUARY 9th - 20th
Winter Storm is an intensive 2-week workshop organized by the University of Maryland's language science community in connection with its NSF-IGERT program on Biological and Computational Foundations of Language Diversity.
Winter Storm incorporates:
Schedule:
WEEK 1
DATE |
TIME |
ACTIVITY |
TOPIC |
LOCATION |
Monday – 1/9 |
9am-4pm |
Registration |
|
MMH Atrium |
|
9-9:30am |
R set-up and troubleshooting |
|
MMH 1304 |
|
9:30-11am |
R |
|
MMH 1304 |
|
11am-12pm |
Introduction- Colin Phillips |
|
SKN 0200 |
|
12:30–1:30pm |
Lunch Talk: Peter Carruthers (PHIL) |
MMH 1400 |
|
|
2–4pm |
Translation of Research to Practical Applications |
MMH 1400 |
|
Tuesday – 1/10 |
10am-12pm |
R |
|
MMH 1304 |
|
12:30–1:30pm |
Lunch Talk: Jeff MacSwan (EDCI) |
MMH 1400 |
|
|
2–3:30pm |
Special Interest Groups |
|
check your group |
|
3:30-4:30pm |
R Help |
|
MMH 1304 |
Wednesday – 1/11 |
10am-12pm |
R |
|
MMH 1304 |
|
12:30–1:30pm |
Lunch Talk: Cathy Doughty (SLA/CASL) |
MMH 1400 |
|
|
2–3:30pm |
Professional Development: Akira Omaki |
Obtaining a Post-Doc Abroad |
MMH 1304 |
|
3:30-4:30pm |
R Help |
|
MMH 1304 |
Thursday– 1/12 |
10am-12pm |
R |
|
MMH 1304 |
|
12:30–1:30pm |
Lunch Talk: Alexander Williams (LING/PHIL) |
MMH 1400 |
|
|
2–3:30pm |
Special Interest Groups |
|
check your group |
|
3:30-4:30pm |
R Help |
|
MMH 1304 |
Friday– 1/13 |
10am-12pm |
R |
|
MMH 1304 |
|
12:30–1:30pm |
Lunch Talk: Min Wang (HDQM) |
MMH 1400 |
|
|
2–3:30pm |
Professional Development: Susanne Jaeggi |
Securing a Job in Academia |
MMH 1304 |
|
3:30-5pm |
Advanced R: Scott Jackson |
MMH 1400 |
|
|
6:00pm |
House Party - BYOB - |
|
WEEK 2
DATE |
TIME |
ACTIVITY |
TOPIC |
LOCATION |
Tuesday – 1/17 |
9:30-10am |
R-help |
|
MMH 1304 |
|
10am-12pm |
R |
|
MMH 1304 |
|
12:30–1:30pm |
Lunch Talk: Elizabeth Redcay (PSYC) |
MMH 1400 |
|
|
2–3:30pm |
Special Interest Groups |
|
check your group |
|
3:30pm |
Advanced R Help: with Scott Jackson |
|
MMH 1108B |
|
3:30-4:30pm |
R Help |
|
MMH 1304 |
Wednesday – 1/18 |
10am-12pm |
R |
|
MMH 1304 |
|
12:30–1:30pm |
Lunch Talk: Yi Ting Huang (HESP) |
MMH 1400 |
|
|
2–3:30pm |
Professional Development: Howard Lasnik |
Getting Ready for the Job Market (feel free to bring your CVs) |
MMH 1304 |
|
3:30-5pm |
Advanced R: Scott Jackson |
MMH 1400 |
|
Thursday – 1/19 |
9:30-10am |
R-help |
|
MMH 1304 |
|
10am-12pm |
R |
|
MMH 1304 |
|
12:30-1:30pm |
Lunch Talk: Jonathan Beier (PSYC) |
MMH 1400 |
|
|
2-3:30pm |
Special Interest Groups |
|
check your group |
|
3:30pm |
Advanced R Help: with Scott Jackson |
|
MMH 1108B |
|
3:30-4:30pm |
R Help |
|
MMH 1304 |
|
5pm |
Happy Hour |
|
|
Friday – 1/20 |
10am-12pm |
R |
|
MMH 1304 |
|
12:30-1:30pm |
Lunch Talk: Mike Maxwell (CASL) |
MMH 1400 |
|
|
2-3:30pm |
Special Interest Groups |
|
check your group |
|
3:30-4:30pm |
R Help |
|
MMH 1304 |
Special Interest Group room assignments
GROUP NAME |
ROOM NUMBER |
Language Production |
MMH 1108B |
Eye-Tracking |
MMH 1413/MMH 1417C |
Psych reality of grammars |
MMH 3418 |
ACT-R computational model |
MMH 1401G |
Theory of Mind |
MMH 3416D |
|
MMH 1413G |
***This event is open to all graduate students and faculty interested in language research, regardless of the field!
Lunch Elves
DATE |
ELVES: |
1/9 |
Megan Sutton |
1/10 |
Carolina Petersen & Julie Gerard |
1/11 |
Candise Lin & Anna Lukyanchenko |
1/12 |
Sol Lago & Ewan Dunbar |
1/13 |
Yakov Kronrod & Alexis Wellwood |
1/17 |
Shevaun Lewis & Brad Larson |
1/18 |
Aaron White & Dan Parker |
1/19 |
Susan Teubner-Rhodes |
1/20 |
Quinn Harr |
Winter Storm Planning